Slough Fort

Slough Fort is a small artillery fort that was built at Allhallows-on-Sea in the north of the Hoo Peninsula in Kent. Constructed in 1867, the D-shaped fort was intended to guard a vulnerable stretch of the River Thames against possible enemy landings during a period of tension with France. Its seven casemates initially accommodated rifled breech loading guns, which were replaced by the turn of the century by more powerful breech-loaders on disappearing carriages, mounted in concrete wing batteries on either side of the fort. It was likely one of the smallest of the forts constructed as a result of the 1860s invasion scare.

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fort, military museum, 

• Palmerston Forts Society page^@
• Pink Routes page^@
• Subterranean History page^@
• Victorian Forts and Artillery page^@
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  heritage railway in Kent, England

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  Burnham-on-Crouch & District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Essex, England, United Kingdom

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  Canvey Island Transport Museum ⓘ
  transport museum on Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK

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  Cater Museum ⓘ
  small local museum in Billericay High Street

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  Chatham Historic Dockyard ⓘ
  maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England

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  Combined Military Services Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Maldon, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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  Essex Fire Museum ⓘ
  fire museum in Essex, United Kingdom

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  Fort Amherst ⓘ
  fort in Chatham, UK  

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  Guildhall Museum, Rochester ⓘ
  Grade I listed local museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Hylands ⓘ
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  country house in Essex, England, UK

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  museum in Kent, UK

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  historic house and museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Dutch Cottage Museum ⓘ
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  Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery ⓘ
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  Slough Fort ⓘ
  fort in Allhallows, Kent, England, UK  

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  Coalhouse Fort ⓘ
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  Six Poor Travellers House ⓘ
  museum in Rochester, Kent, England, UK

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1952 Beecroft Art Gallery

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1954 Gravesend Cold War Bunker

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1977 Fleur de Lis Museum

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1979 Six Poor Travellers House

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1981 Minster Gatehouse Museum

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1981 Southend Central Museum

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1984 Barleylands Farm Museum

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1984 Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum

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1985 Whitstable Museum and Gallery

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1987 Royal Engineers Museum

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1989 Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities

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1989 Southend Pier Museum

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1995 Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre

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1996 Queenborough Guildhall Museum

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1999 Sittingbourne Heritage Museum

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2003 Foulness Heritage Centre

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2008 Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome

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2009 Bluetown Heritage Centre

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2015 Huguenot Museum

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Defences of the Thames and Medway - Illustrated Times 1870

Slough Fort 1870 engraving

Forts for defence of the Thames and Medway - ILN 1876

Slough Fort top plan

Slough Fort ground plan

Slough Fort left wing battery

Slough Fort main entrance

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Palmerston Forts Society page@		Wikidata
link	page		Pink Routes page@		Wikidata
link	page		Subterranean History page@		Wikidata
link	page		Victorian Forts and Artillery page@		Wikidata
site	castle		Sutton Valence Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1087	Rochester Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1119	Leeds Castle	castle, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1230	Hadleigh Castle	castle, ruins	Wikidata
site	castle	1279	Allington Castle	castle, English country house	Wikidata
site	castle	1380	Cooling Castle	quadrangular castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1567	Upnor Castle	castle, military museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1789	Tankerton Castle	local business, castle, nonprofit organization, tourist attraction, English country house, country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Mount Ephraim	garden, school building, country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Mount Ephraim Gardens	park, garden	Wikidata
site	garden		National Fruit Collection	botanical garden, orchard	Wikidata
site	garden		Pines Garden	garden, local museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Rayleigh Mount	garden, motte	Wikidata
site	museum		Belmont House and Gardens	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway	heritage railway, narrow-gauge railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Burnham-on-Crouch & District Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Canvey Island Transport Museum	transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cater Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chatham Historic Dockyard	maritime museum, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Combined Military Services Museum	military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Essex Fire Museum	firefighting museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Fort Amherst	fort, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Guildhall Museum, Rochester	local museum, independent museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Cavalier	destroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Ocelot	attack submarine, preserved watercraft, museum ship	Wikidata
site	museum		Hylands	building, historic house museum, English country house, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Ingatestone Hall	historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Kent Life	open-air museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Maeldune Centre	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Maldon Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Mangapps Railway Museum	railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Milton Chantry	local museum, chantry	Wikidata
site	museum		New Tavern Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		PS Kingswear Castle	museum ship, paddle steamer, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		PS Medway Queen	museum ship, paddle steamer, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rayleigh Town Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rayleigh Windmill Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Restoration House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Sandford Mill Museum	industry museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Southchurch Hall	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Stoneacre	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Temple Manor	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Thurrock Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	4000	Coldrum Long Barrow	museum, long barrow	Wikidata
site	museum	1539	Tilbury Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1618	Dutch Cottage Museum	local museum, cottage	Wikidata
site	museum	1858	Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery	art museum, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1867	Slough Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1877	Coalhouse Fort	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1911	Gravesham Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1946	Maidstone Carriage Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1952	Beecroft Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Gravesend Cold War Bunker	bunker, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Fleur de Lis Museum	heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	Six Poor Travellers House	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Minster Gatehouse Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Southend Central Museum	planetarium, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Barleylands Farm Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Whitstable Museum and Gallery	local museum, maritime museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Royal Engineers Museum	charitable organization, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Southend Pier Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre	military museum, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Queenborough Guildhall Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Sittingbourne Heritage Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Foulness Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2008	Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome	military museum, aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	Bluetown Heritage Centre	museum, movie theater	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Huguenot Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Defences of the Thames and Medway - Illustrated Times 1870		Commons
commons	image		Slough Fort 1870 engraving		Commons
commons	image		Forts for defence of the Thames and Medway - ILN 1876		Commons
commons	image		Slough Fort top plan		Commons
commons	image		Slough Fort ground plan		Commons
commons	image		Slough Fort left wing battery		Commons
commons	image		Slough Fort main entrance		Commons